27 March 2024 | 1 min read
Lengthy Abraaj trial defending a multi-million dollar fraud claim draws to a close
Team: Rebecca Findlay, Farrah Sbaiti, James Clifford, Victoria King, Jessica-Leigh Knowles, Ghita Moyle, and 3 more
Cayman Islands
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Rebecca is a managing associate in Ogier's Cayman Dispute Resolution team. She has experience in advising clients from a range of sectors on cross-border, high value disputes.
Rebecca has acted on matters including fund litigation, contractual disputes, financial services litigation, regulatory investigations, fraud and economic tort claims, shareholder and joint venture disputes, enforcement matters, and general commercial litigation.
Before joining Ogier, Rebecca was part of the disputes team at a high profile law firm in London.
Rebecca's broad experience includes:
Acting for the investors and conflict director of Neoma Private Equity Fund IV in respect of numerous complex issues and sets of Cayman Islands proceedings arising out of the collapse of the Abraaj Group. The Abraaj Group was the largest private equity investment group in the Middle East, with $14bn in stated assets prior to its collapse. It was placed into provisional liquidation in 2018 and went into official liquidation in 2019. Ogier's mandate included handling a three-month fraud trial in 2023/24 alongside numerous other workstreams
Advising in respect of a Cayman trust structure on substantial claims brought against it by a sovereign wealth fund
Acting for the OL Group in contentious insolvency proceedings concerning a Cayman Islands investment fund
Assisting with expert evidence of Cayman law for use in foreign proceedings, including in respect of company law, contractual fraud claims
Representing an international investment bank in regulatory enforcement proceedings concerning the adequacy of AML / KYC systems and controls
Representing a multi-national corporate on potential bribery and corruption offences in connection with facilitation payments overseas
Advising a Gulf bank on proceedings relating to a US$90 million failed investment project in Turkey
In 2016/17, Rebecca was seconded for nine months to the Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement team of a global investment bank. She has also spent time as a Legal secondee in the Enforcement Division of the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority.
Rebecca received her Bachelor of Arts in Jurisprudence from Oxford University in the UK in 2010.
Rebecca is a member of the International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) and a Committee member of the Cayman Islands IWIRC network. Rebecca is also a member of Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association (CILPA).
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2014 - England and Wales (non practising)
2018 - Cayman Islands
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27 March 2024 | 1 min read
Lengthy Abraaj trial defending a multi-million dollar fraud claim draws to a close
Team: Rebecca Findlay, Farrah Sbaiti, James Clifford, Victoria King, Jessica-Leigh Knowles, Ghita Moyle, and 3 more
Cayman Islands
Case
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Ogier in Cayman advises on successful jurisdiction challenge in English Commercial Court
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Cayman Islands
Case
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Cayman Islands
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Focus on fraud and asset tracing: assistance to the creditors of insolvent fraudsters? The modern illegality defence to the rescue
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Cayman Islands
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15 December 2021 | 5 min read
The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands grants security for costs in Abraaj related proceedings
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Cayman Islands
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Litigating against insolvent insureds under Cayman law: whose money is it anyway?
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Cayman Islands
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Latest Cayman disputes from the Middle East
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The development of the illegality defence marches on: recent input from the English and Cayman Islands courts
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